TRAVEL & STILL LIFE: Italy and Mexico

(c)(p) Lago Patzcuaro	(c)(p) Fountain, San Miguel de Allende	(c)(p) Virgen de Guadelupe
(c) Wishing Well, Perugia	(c)(p) Mask and Batik, Perugia	(c)(p) Window of Music, Perugia
(c)(p)Venice Canal,	Lion: Assisi	(c)(p)Ponte Vecchio, Florence
(c)(p)Nun Walking, Assisi	(c) Tower of Pisa	(c) (p)Morrocan Style
(c) Puffs	(c) Lace Curtain	(c) (p) Haleakala Sunrise, Maui
(c) PoulsBohemian Coffee Cup	Two Glasses	(c)(p) Teapot
Temple Garden Buddha	Temple View with Cranes	transitions: Semi-Ah-Moo

TEE LAKE REVERIE

We cross over into an Eden
more finely furbished than a room filled
with Renaissance tapestries and Persian carpets,
scenes woven with fiber and husk,
birch and fir, both quick and dead.

Emerald and pearl green moss
stand on curvaceous granite,
Maiden hair brushed into
Sun caressed highlights.
Energy sings over the lake,
a duet of light and shadow
on silent steeped water
stirs fathoms in our souls.

Our canoe moves magically
as though we aren't present.
But how magnificently present we are
to these sun-gilded moments--
embracing impressions so deep and dear,
in my mind's eye, tears fall.

Sweet tension comes with awareness
this exquisite passage will end
as does the repose of a blue heron
we surprise at the mouth of the lake.

—Kathryn Keve

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